The cream for skin lighting or aging serum promising glow overnight? It could hide something dangerous.
The Indian government is now considering a ban on mercury cosmetics, based on the recommendation of the central regulatory panels for drugs. If this step was implemented, this step would eliminate products containing mercury from the Indian market, including popular makeup, creams and skin care online.
Mercury is not just bad for your skin, it can damage the brain, nerves and even your family’s health.
Mercury in Make -up: What is the big problem?
Mercury is sometimes used in FDA in creams to liberate skin, anti-wrink products and eye makeup, according to the FDA. But over time it can cause serious damage.
- Skin rashes
- Coloring
- Leather dilution
- Permanent scarring
- Mood changes, problems with memory and numbness
- Long -term neurological damage
Still worse? When you use mercury products, your family can also be exposed to shared towels, bedding or even air.
- Up to 70 parts per million (ppm) mercury in eye make -up
- Only 1 ppm in another cosmetics
But that could change soon. The government is trying to ban anything with more than 1 ppm and bring India to compliance with global security standards on the basis of Minamata Convention, Newalty Agreement.
What is changing and what to expect
Cosmetic brands may soon have to self-contain if they use mercury. There are also surprising laboratory tests and random product checks.
The clerk said Mint: “We ask companies to share alternatives and determine a hard term to make the mercury eliminate.”
So … how can you protect yourself?
Here’s what shoppers should do with the knowledge of beauty:
• Mother breastfeeding
• Young children and children
Mercury can undergo breast milk or affect brain development in children.
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